Florence Pugh cuts her own hair for ‘A Good Person’ – The Hollywood Reporter

Florence Pugh has proven that she’s not afraid to take up a haircut for a role.

The Don’t Worry My Love the star told Jimmy Fallon on Tonight’s Program that “my idea” was to cut off her real hair for Zach Braff’s A good man. At the beginning of the film, it follows Pugh’s Allison as she forms an unlikely friendship with her fiancé, Daniel (Morgan Freeman) after surviving an unimaginable tragedy. yes, her character impulsively cuts off her hair.

“I said, ‘Zach, I think I should cut my hair at the beginning of the movie.’ And he was like, ‘The first part of the movie – that’s great. That won’t work,'” she explained.

Pugh said the crew was worried about what order the filming would be if she cut her hair at the start of filming. Her response was, “You’ll figure it out.”

She added that the group had a big chat and told Braff, “This is crazy. She cannot do this. This is not helpful at all.” The director tried to convince her to wear a wig, but she bent down and said again, “You’ll figure it out.” And so they did.

In a recent interview with America todaythe Mid-Autumn The actress said people on set were “really nervous” because they only had one shot to get it, but she “found it really comforting”.

She continued, “If anything, it’s like the final key to unlocking this character. It brought vanity out the window.

Pugh also shared a personal connection to the scene, recalling as a teenager experiencing similar impulsive moments because she “just looked in any direction but it made me sad.”

“For me, whenever I was particularly short as a teenager, I would do a lot of quick fixes,” she said. “I would buy things like nail kits or scissors and go to YouTube to learn how.”

A good man Now showing in theaters.